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Nicole Vaidisova #16 def. Venus Williams #13

6-7(5) 6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jun 7, 2006*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Nicole Vaidisova
Score	6-7(5) 6-1 6-3
Loser	Venus Williams

Stat	Nicole Vaidisova	Venus Williams
Aces	1	2
Double faults	8	4
First serve %	57	71
First serve points won %	68	62
Second serve points won %	49	33
Break points saved %	75	54
Break points converted %	46	25
Service points won %	60	54
Return points won %	46	40
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicole Vaidisova	Venus Williams
Country	CZE	USA
Birth date	Apr 23, 1989	Jun 17, 1980
Age	17	25
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	16	13
Ranking points (entering)	1,133	1,308
Elo (entering)	1,931	2,072
Career W-L	155–84	768–288
Career earnings	$2,778,619	$43,095,580

Pre-match H2H

Nicole Vaidisova 0 – 1 Venus Williams

Path

Nicole Vaidisova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 2006	R16	Amélie Mauresmo	6-7(5) 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 2006	R32	Aravane Rezai	6-1 6-7(6) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2006	R64	Tiantian Sun	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2006	R128	Marta Domachowska	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Nicole Vaidisova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 9, 2006	SF	Svetlana Kuznetsova	7-5 6-7(5) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 2006	R16	Patty Schnyder	4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 2006	R32	Karolina Sprem	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2006	R64	Emma Laine	7-6(2) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2006	R128	Sybille Bammer	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data